What book did you buy your husband / partner for Xmas?

[Kazplus2]

Looking for inspiration and like to add a book to Xmas gifts. What's popular this year?

I have bought mine the second and third books in the slow horses series, Dead Lions and Real Tigers I think they are called

The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman (for my dad though.)

By my DH but for my brothers

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty an oldie but he had mentioned in passing that he keeps reading excellent reviews of it.

Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway sci fi detective novel written by John Le Carrés son. Should be right up his street.

A Man and His Watch. DH collects watches. Thought it would be a change from another watch 🤦🏼‍♀️

What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service. It’s an official behind the scenes book.

Ohhh some fab recommendations on here, shame it’s too late now. Bought the next book in the Scott Mariani / Ben Hope series, there’s 25+ books so will keep gift ideas up 😂

DH is getting 'In One Ear' by Simon Raymonde (the story of the Cocteau Twins).

Cillian Murphy calls it 'beautiful, insightful and honest' which is enough of a recommendation for me!

My husband is getting the Faber Book of Reportage and Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes.

Very tempted to get him the West Wing book mentioned above though...
And the Rory Stewart tbh

Did no one read this post correctly???

Conclave by Robert Harris, as he wants to see the film too…

There's 34 replies and only a few have missed the book bit (I'm not sure how though as it's right there in the title).

I forgot I also got one of those Haynes Manuals for the Space Station for my dad

The new Diddly Squat Farm book because he enjoyed the series

The private eye annual, but that’s possibly a bit niche. DH does read much fiction to be honest, so he’s hard to buy for…

@squashyhat that's a brilliant book- I enjoyed it too

Rory Stewart autobiography. He is no normally a biography kind of guy but I like to get a random book which I think he would be interested in.

DH is getting 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius.

I

Karla's choice - a follow on from the John le Carrie novels

A book about Noel Cronin the guy behind talking pictures

DP only reads on his Kindle so I don't buy him fiction or long-form non-fiction books as gifts. I do buy him illustrated / coffee table type books though and this year have got him one about historic sports venues and an art book about travel advertising and maps.

His favourite authors of fiction are Julian Barnes, Magnus Mills, Ismail Kadare, Michel Houellebecq and Jonathan Coe.

After wandering round the Waterstones in Piccadilly, my list of books I might buy was (mostly non-fiction). I bought Butter and also two books on Cambodia (where we have just returned from - a history of the Angkor civilisation and a more recent Cambodian history).

Butter
Kokoro
Graphic Design Rules
La Vie
Into Thin Air
Atomic Habits
Calling Bullsh*t
A History of the World in 47 Borders
A Short History of British Architecture
The Elements of Marie Curie
The Formula
The City and its Uncertain Walls
Nexus
The Race to the Future
Mapmatics
Quantum Leap - How Maths Drives Scientific Progress
Raising Hare
Is Maths Real?
Wine Folly: Magnum Edition
Who’s Afraid of Romanee Conti
A Thousand Feasts
Nights out at home
The New French Wine
The Spirit of Alsace
Venice: City of Pictures
The Silk Roads & The New Silk Roads
The Meaning of Rice
Sovietistan

The latest Lee Child, he has had this for many years so it is now a tradition.

My dh is bbq mad, he will even be lighting it Christmas day, so I got him the Beefy Boys recipe book, it's got all their burger recipes plus more.

Same in our house!

2 books about The American Revolution, as requested following seeing Hamilton this year.

Latest Jo Nesbo Harry Hole book
New Richard Osman book